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Indexableism, as body terrorism, 22, 70, 79, 82About-Face.org, 34acceptance: of self, 2–3without understanding, 19–20acquiescence, and self-acceptance, 2advertising, 39female body portrayal, 40–41toxic messages, 66–68.See also mediaAlcorn, Leelah, 52Alexander, Michelle, 84Alopecia, traction, 25anti-Semitism, 85apologies, 11–17for bodies, 12–13dismantling culture of, 13–14forced societal, 11–12autopilot, living life on, 61Badu, Erykah, 97Baker, Jes, 97–98bald spots, female, 25–26Beauty Myth, The, 48beauty products: average money spent, 41best-interest vs. detriment buying, 43–45buying to be “enough,” 41–45profits on, 39–40believing others’ experiences, 90best-interest buying, 43–45
Biggest Loser, The, 7binary, banishing, 103–5Black children, parents having “the talk,” 51Black Codes, 84Black Lives Matter, conversation with Hillary Clinton, 85–86Black suspects, depiction vis-à-vis White suspects, 7blaming versus understanding, 18bodies, world for all, 75–76body: building intimacy, 105–7feeling trapped, and reframing, 98–100getting to know, 71–72making peace with, 23–24reasons for focus, 3–5“Body Is Not an Apology, The,” Facebook group, 16body positivity, 36–37body shame: age of onset, 27–28eliminating language, 88by government, 45–50impact, 24legislated and mandated, 45–50moving to radical self-love, 5, 9–10puberty, 28–30shame over feeling, 36–37shared key characteristics, 26–27. See also body terrorism; bullying; fatBody-Shame Profit Complex (BSPC), 39–40, 42–43body terrorism, 50–56beating from inside out, 81–83being complicit, 77–78defined, 53and hierarchy of bodies, 58–59as native tongue, 79types, 55. See also body shame; bullying; discrimination, widespread;toxic messagesBoggs, Grace Lee, 83
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Praise for The Body Is Not an Apolo
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The Body Is Not an Apology
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The Body Is Not an ApologyCopyright
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For Terry Lyn Hines (1959-2012)My f
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ContentsPrologue1 Making Self-Love
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PrologueLong before there was a dig
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about my dimpled thighs I’d hear,
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The Body Is Not an Apology
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struggling with his sense of self (
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not abstractions; they are the outc
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Biggest Loser encourage dangerous a
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and accept the bodies of others. Th
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render for being in your body as yo
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guilt and blame squarely on the sho
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notion with me, I did what any Gen
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1. Make peace with not understandin
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diversity in weight and size are na
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television show and into living in
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partially-bald head would never be
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afternoon, while Nia, I, and severa
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are capable of change. Seeing diffe
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encounter feeling as if they had do
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still echoing against the walls of
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masculine identities or whose gende
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Unapologetic Inquiry #13How has bod
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possibilities, and creative possibi
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We know we are on the island of det
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• The “Asexualization Act” of
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Remember, most us live at the inter
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Radical ReflectionOur beliefs about
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to my next destination, under the o
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3Building a Radical Self-Love Pract
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the world. Swim at Your Own Risk.
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“But how do I break out of the fe
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Have you ever met someone and thoug
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of our heads and into our bodies. L
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Page 81 and 82: 4A New Way Ordered by LoveA World f
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Page 95 and 96: 5Your Radical Self-Love ToolkitYou
Page 97 and 98: Unapologetic Inquiry #24Do you feel
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Page 107 and 108: Unapologetic Inquiry #28Ecstasy is
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Page 135 and 136: transgender individuals: body shami
Page 137 and 138: About the AuthorSonya Renee Taylor
Page 139 and 140: About TBINAAwww.TBINAA.comThe Body
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